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Movie Quote of the Day – Limbo, 1999 (dir. John Sayles)
Joe: I mean what I said before. You’re really good. . .singing.
Donna: Thanks.
Joe: Especially since I’ve. . .like, I’ve never heard of you or anything.
Donna: Do you watch sports?
Joe: Basketball.
Donna: Well, there must be basketball players that are really good that you’ve never heard of.
Joe: Nope.
Donna: No?
Joe: No. If they’re professionals, and they’re really good, everybody’s heard of them.
Donna: Well, singing is different. It’s a matter of taste. Luck. Whatever.
Joe: Oh.
Movie Quote of the Day – Office Space, 1999 (dir. Mike Judge)
Milton Waddams: And I said, I. . .I don’t care if they lay me off either, because I told, I told Bill that if they move my desk one more time, then, then I’m, I’m quitting, I’m going to quit. And, and I told Don too, because they’ve moved my desk four times already this year, and I used to be over by the window, and I could see the squirrels, and they were married, but then, they switched from the Swingline to the Boston stapler, but I kept my Swingline stapler because it didn’t bind up as much, and I kept the staples for the Swingline stapler and–
Peter Gibbons: Okay, Milton.
Milton Waddams: Oh, no, it’s not okay because if they, if they take my, my stapler, then I’ll, I’ll have to. . .I’ll set the building on fire.
Peter Gibbons: Okay, that sounds great. I’ll talk to you later, alright? Bye.
Movie Quote of the Day – She’s All That, 1999 (dir. Robert Iscove)
Mackenzie Siler: So who’s the lucky rebound skank?
Zach Siler: Rebound skank ?
Mackenzie Siler: Well, there’s gotta be somebody, right ?
Zach Siler: I wouldn’t say somebody. But there is sort of a project.
Mackenzie Siler: Project ?
Zach Siler: Yeah. To tell you the truth, she kind of, uh– she kind of blew me off.
Mackenzie Siler: I like her already.
Zach Siler: Well, the only thing I can figure is it’s gotta be some kind of mistake.
Mackenzie Siler: Zach, I realize it’s a difficult concept for a bitch magnet such as yourself to grasp, but did it ever occur to you to make a little effort ?
Zach Siler: What do you mean ?
Mackenzie Siler: Find out where she hangs out. Find out what she likes.
Movie Quote of the Day – Forces of Nature, 1999 (dir. Bronwen Hughes)
Ben: You will be here when I come back, won’t you ?
Sarah: Oh, well, you know me.
Ben: I would not presume. [ Exhales ] All right. Wish me luck.
Sarah: Ben, do me a favor and just forget about luck, okay? Forget about loyalty, forget about being nice, forget about polite, okay? Because this is the rest of your life and possibly somebody else’s too.
Ben: Yeah.
Sarah: You know?
Ben: Yeah.
Sarah: Just be honest.
Ben: If her father happens to shoot me on my way out, I guess I’ll see you in heaven.
Sarah: Yeah. I don’t think I deserve heaven.
Ben: Ah, Sarah. You deserve so much more than you think. You deserve to be with somebody who will be really, really depressed if your plane goes down.
Movie Quote of the Day – Edtv, 1999 (dir. Ron Howard)
John: Look, Ed, you put anybody on television 16 hours a day, at some point they’re going to wind up rolling off a table and squashing a cat.
Ed: Oh, man, that’s not my point.
John: All right, look. With no privacy, there is no dignity. Capisce?
Movie Quote of the Day – The Bone Collector, 1999 (dir. Phillip Noyce)
Rhyme: Do you know who I am?
Amelia: I read your manual at the academy.
Rhyme: Yeah? What did you think of it?
Amelia: I’m not a book critic, sir.
Movie Quote of the Day – The End of the Affair, 1999 (dir. Neil Jordan)
Maurice Bendrix: I’m jealous of this stocking.
Sarah Miles: Why?
Maurice Bendrix: Because it does what I can’t. Kisses your whole leg. And I’m jealous of this button.
Sarah Miles: Poor, innocent button.
Maurice Bendrix: It’s not innocent at all. It’s with you all day. I’m not.
Sarah Miles: I suppose you’re jealous of my shoes?
Maurice Bendrix: Yes.
Sarah Miles: Why?
Maurice Bendrix: Because they’ll take you away from me.
Movie Quote of the Day – The Straight Story, 1999 (dir. David Lynch)
Alvin Straight: You don’t think about getting old when you’re young. . .you shouldn’t.
Cyclist #1: Must be something good about gettin’ old?
Alvin Straight: Well I can’t imagine anything good about being blind and lame at the same time but, still at my age I’ve seen about all that life has to dish out. I know to separate the wheat from the chaff, and let the small stuff fall away.
Cyclist #2: That’s cool man. So, uh, what’s the worst part about being old, Alvin?
Alvin Straight: Well, the worst part of being old is rememberin’ when you was young.
Movie Quote of the Day – Pushing Tin, 1999 (dir. Mike Newell)
Russell Bell: Thought is the enemy.
Nick Falzone: I know. I’ve gotta think less. I had that thought, actually.
Movie Quote of the Day – Notting Hill, 1999 (dir. Roger Michell)
Spike: Hey, you couldn’t help me with an incredibly important decision, could you?
William: This is important in comparison to, let’s say, whether they should cancel third world debt?
Spike: That’s right. . .I’m at last going out on a date with the great Janine and I just want to be sure I’ve picked the right t-shirt.
William: What are the choices?
Spike: Well. . .wait for it. . .first there’s this one. . .Cool, huh?
William: Yes. . .might make it hard to strike a really romantic note.
Spike: Point taken. Don’t despair! If it’s romance we’re looking for, I believe I have just the thing!
William: Well, there again, she might not think you have true love on your mind.
Spike: Right. Just one more. [beat] True love, here I come!
William: Well, yeah, that’s, that’s perfect.
Spike: Thanks. Great. Wish me luck.
William: Good luck.
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